engineering: past, present, future

Past, Present, Future

Walnut Street YMCA Black Achievers Program

Presented on February, 16th 2013

� Introduction

� Who is an Engineer?

� Why Engineering?

� Past Engineers

� Present Engineers

� Future Engineers

� Getting an Engineering Degree

� Wrap-Up

‘Allow me to re-introduce myself…’

� Bachelor’s of Science: Electrical Engineering

� Master of Engineering: Systems Engineering

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� “An engineer is a professional practitioner of

engineering, concerned with applying scientific

knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to develop

solutions for technical problems.”

� From Latin:

◦ ingeniare ("to devise“)

◦ ingenium ("cleverness")

� http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer

� Chemical◦ Bio-molecular / Molecular, Materials, Process

� Civil◦ Environmental, Geotechnical, Structural, Transport

� Electrical◦ Computer, Electronic, Optical, Power

� Mechanical◦ Aerospace, Acoustic, Thermal, Automotive

� Other◦ Agricultural, Biological, Energy, Industrial, Mechatronics, Nano, Nuclear, Petroleum

� and more…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_engineering_branches

� Problem Solvers

◦ Take what Science has discovered and make it work in real-life

◦ Make things, ‘Faster, Better, Cheaper’

Garret Morgan http://www.biography.com/people/garrett-morgan-9414691

� Patented an improved

Sewing Machine

� G. A. Morgan Hair Refining

Company

� Inventor

◦ Gas Mask

◦ 3-way Traffic Signal

Lewis Latimer http://www.biography.com/people/lewis-howard-latimer-9374422

� Railroad Car Restroom

� Air Conditioner

� Worked on patents for

◦ Telephone (Alexander Graham

Bell)

◦ Incandescent Light Bulb

(Thomas Edison, Hiram Maxim)

Granville T Woods http://www.biography.com/people/granville-t-woods-9536481

� Registered 60+ Patents

◦ Steam Boiler Furnace

◦ Telephone Transmitter

◦ Trolley Wheel

◦ Multiplex Telegraph

◦ 3rd Rail System for Trains

http://inventors.about.com/od/blackinventors/u/BlackHistoryMonth.htm

� The List Goes On..

◦ Elijah McCoy

◦ Jan Matzeliger

◦ …

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Dr Mae Jemison http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae_Jemison

� Medical Doctor

� Choreographer

� 1st African American woman

in Space

� Actress

◦ 1st Astronaut to appear on a

Star Trek episode

Dennis Weatherby http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/weatherby.html

Angela Barbee-Hatter Guion Bluford Mark E. Dean

Battery System for the Chevy Volt 1st African American in Space Broke the 1Ghz Barrier

Angela Barbee-Hunter: http://intouch.ccgmag.com/resource/resmgr/2012_hof_posters_&_photos/hoh_alumni_posters2012_angel.pdf

Guion Bluford: http://intouch.ccgmag.com/resource/resmgr/2012_hof_posters_&_photos/hoh_alumni_posters2012_guion.pdf

Mark E. Dean: http://intouch.ccgmag.com/resource/resmgr/2012_hof_posters_&_photos/hoh_alumni_posters2012_mark_.pdf

YOU

� You are needed…

…365,000* of you between 2010- 2020

http://www.bls.gov/ooh/Architecture-and-Engineering/home.htm

* From the National Engineers Week Foundation 2012 Bulletin

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� What Does it Take?

◦ Decide to Never Give Up

◦ Find a Mentor

◦ Leadership

◦ Discipline

◦ Play Well with Others

◦ Learn to Overcome Failure

◦ Have Fun

Google Earth® view of an accomplishment of the earliest Civil / Structural Engineers… The Pyramids

2012 Computer Science / Engineering Career Cluster

Davida Baker

Melissa Bordley

James Groom

Ani Ifon